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Zarghaiiipur f r prestige, -^aidp by the ’eibi point to a very serious'"
decline in the Persian govermnent’s/prestige. Moharaar All Khan
•lalili (see para IB of Ahwaz diary for 1st to 15th June 1943) is
'■ ’■'t'-f to be flirting with the outlaws. Baeht B&rlo— see para 23
l>elow—are reporter to be going over to Uarghampur in increasing
^ nuiaborp and the chief of the itanian&ni nas telerraphed to Tehran
prophesying an attack on his own territories by the oir Ahiieds.
\ -iargliara Ariani and Amo nullah Choraui are reported to have set out
for raids on the Oach earan road.
(23) Malek ansur, the juvenile chief of trie Basht Bavi, hap
recently further weakened his position. A fcadkfcodft of the BakHsl
tribe, into which alek “ansur has recently married, was robbed of
his rifle while visiting a Bavi encampment, -lek Mansur quite
naturally visited tue camp, t, ih . i g the cuJ.nri a ;rnnt f is
Acu to have had six of his relations s/)ot; h is said to have
killed two of the relatives—mere boys— with his own hand.
(24) un 14th July, a largo band of robbers, reported to consist
of fehi/iain of the Aliuddin subsection, raided a village between
haft el and hai.i .orrnuz and tooic away 400 sheep.
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(25) The ***ainasar»i khans are reportoci to view with extreme
apprehension the appointment of Generrl Jehanbani to °biraz. The
nd Which the Mamaeani khans now hold inad verse posees b i
the finance Lepartment was,formerly the subject of ( ispute between
the i and the uins of Bushire. G< noral Jahanbanl i^ nai(^ to have
op oseo consistently the i. aaasani clai. is.
VII. Tribal— ,,ral) .
(26) ith reference to para 26 of the last Ahwaz diary, it is
reported that leqabat, tne deputy for Chorramshahr, visited naid
ssa ulfc' .udc.in. ue ha. ar.aei. hi. -.soil !i i‘ i t Ir. * lev of in trod etion
fro;a Sartlp B ra jallah Aqevli, who ip beliy-ed to have helped as
lead of the Gendarmerie in facilitating ^aid Issa's return to
hiuzistan. f eqabat is reported to have ^aid that Iranian opinion
strongly disapproved of the cruelty shown by Iranian officials to
^rabs (he quoted the incident at qajariyeh—see para 21 of Ahwaz
u diary for the second half of Key 1943) and to have undertaken in 0
bine -^^consultation with the Governor—General to appoint Arabs to minor post
under the ministry of Interior in Arab tribal areas. he Cover 'Or—
General has not so far mentioned the subject and ;.rab opinion -
'T-u interprets the overtures as an electioneering manoeuvre.
(27) ^ An unofficial report from dusangirt states that the Beni
Turuf disarmament ha' ceased to be an important question and that
nothing has been heard recently either of the exoiry of the Persian
Com .under* s ultimatum or hi^ “target* of 1000 rifles, apparently the
Beni uruf, wno were believed to possess large numbers of r i o and
nritiah rifles nave handed In G5S to 90 » other obsolete types.
VIII. fpibal— huristan .
( 2 b) The ritinh military authorities report that the sniping
of security troops on Vu hill nectio. s of i railway co ti. ues arc
tlr t ore ...... has bean .ilier at C&jhm-i-’V ugur be twee ' azu and
’t larud.
IX. I lcctions .
(29) \,ith reference to para 17 of the lest Ahwaz diary, the
corning elections have so far not produced any parties or recognisable
political organisations in Ahvaa. lutolic opinion appears to hold
that, whatever official protestations are ;nade, tiie try of the
Interior will in fact rig the elections, end political activity by
the candidates seems to consist mainly in wooing officials and
concluding individual alliances \ ith financial itaplic<- tione.